NASA Photo ID: AS08-13-2327        File Name: 10074966.jpg
Film Type: 70mm BW                 Date Taken: 12/24/68
Title: Brightly-rayed crater on the farside of the moon near the subsolar point
Description:
A brightly-rayed crater on the farside of the moon near the subsolar point, 
where the sun was directly overhead, as seen from the Apollo 8 spacecraft. 
Brightly-rayed craters are numerous on the lunar frontside; however, they 
have not been previously observed in such detail on the farside.                   

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APOLLO 8                                
APOLLO PROJECT                          
CRATERS                                 
LUNAR EXPLORATION                       
LUNAR SURFACE                           
MOON                                    
ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
PHOTOGRAPHY                             

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